Re: [GTALUG] More pointless battles [was: I'm discarding an old notebook!]

2022-02-17 Thread Stewart Russell via talk 
On Thu., Feb. 17, 2022, 10:29 D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk, 
wrote:

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> I would like to think that they are drawing down inventory for a Pi Day
> announcement.  That seems to be an unlikely reason when so many models are
> OOS.
>

No, it's not that (and believe me, as an AR, I have to be very careful what
I say). Such is the demand for 2-8 GB Raspberry Pi's, they sell out in
minutes when any supplier gets stock.

There's a whole QAnon-like thing around the mythical Raspberry Pi 5. I've
heard people claim that the worldwide chip shortage has somehow been
engineered by Raspberry Pi Trading so we'll all be forced to buy the
Raspberry Pi 5 when it comes out. I wish I were making this up ...

Stewart


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Re: [GTALUG] More pointless battles [was: I'm discarding an old notebook!]

2022-02-17 Thread D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk 
| From: Stewart C. Russell via talk 

| AMD Turion 64 X2 - so, roughly half of a Raspberry Pi 4.
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| but it has a screen, keyboard, and you actually have it - unlike a Raspberry
| Pi 4

Good points.

I just saw this site: 
Note: prices are in local currency.  Pi supply issues seem to be extreme.

I would like to think that they are drawing down inventory for a Pi Day 
announcement.  That seems to be an unlikely reason when so many models are 
OOS.
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Re: [GTALUG] More pointless battles [was: I'm discarding an old notebook!]

2022-02-17 Thread Stewart C. Russell via talk 

On 2022-02-15 17:24, D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:

Acer Aspire 9300


AMD Turion 64 X2 - so, roughly half of a Raspberry Pi 4.

but it has a screen, keyboard, and you actually have it - unlike a 
Raspberry Pi 4

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